Well I know what I'll be doing this weekend. There shouldn't be any problem getting the dungeon requirement for the monthly achievement, I'm sure there are doing to be tons of people who will want to try the new endless dungeon.

Which brings up a point, how do you complete a dungeon for the achievement when it is endless? Ignoring the possible philosophical discussion best left to the College of Synergetics, most likely we'll get a completion in the rest stage but I haven't seen this specified yet.

Looks like they took the Black Lion Chests debacle very seriously, it seems as though these new weapon skins will be available as "direct buy" from the gem store itself. Well played Arenanet, well played.

No they haven't.

The halloween skins are borderline lore/"immersion" breaking. That's why Anet made sure it was hard for most people to get one. In the short term anyone can rent one for the duration of halloween, and It becomes a prestige item for a few people to stand out in the long term. Much like legendaries such as "flip", "predator", "the dreamer", etc. Candy cane weapons from wintersday will get the same treatment. Lost Shores is only different because these weapons will be designed to actually fit Tyria.

The halloween skins are borderline lorebreaking. That's why Anet made sure it was hard for most people to get one. In the short term anyone can rent one for the duration of halloween, and It becomes a prestige item for a few people to stand out in the long term. Much like legendaries such as "flip", "predator", "the dreamer", etc. Candy cane weapons from wintersday will get the same treatment. Lost Shores is only different because these weapons will be designed to actually fit Tyria.

Oh, are you on the development team? You sure do seem to know a lot about how the Wintersday items will work!

Oh, are you on the development team? You sure do seem to know a lot about how the Wintersday items will work!

I suppose when Anet goes adding a gear treadmill 3 months after saying they never would, there's no way to know what will happen. Still, that's the reason Halloween skins were easy to rent / hard to own.